Certain employers would
be required to provide health
coverage for their employees
and in some cases dependents
through either (1) paying a fee
to a new state program primarily
to purchase private health
insurance coverage or (2)
arranging directly with health
insurance providers for health
care coverage. The state would
also establish a new program to
assist lower-income employees
to pay their share of health
care premiums.

A NO vote of this measure means:

The state would continue
to allow employers to choose
whether to provide health
insurance for their employees
and dependents. The state
would not establish a new program
to provide assistance to
low-income employees in paying
premiums for health care
coverage at their workplace.

Proposition 72 creates a
government-run healthcare scheme
funded by an estimated
$7 billion in new taxes on employers
and workers by 2007.
You could get forced from your
existing plan into the government
system and lose access to
your doctors and hospitals.
Educators, charities, taxpayers,
doctors say "NO on 72."